On Assignment – Travel Photography
This section of the blog features a collection of posts related to assignments and commissioned work in editorial travel photography.
Even though I've been living in Montreal for more than a decade and know my way around the city, I always love when I get hired to photograph a travel feature for a magazine or newspaper. It's the perfect excuse to revisit places I know or discover new locations.
A few weeks ago, The Guardian contacted me to photograph a Canada sponsored feature for their website: a local's guide on how to make the most of Montreal.
The article concentrated mostly around 4 neighborhoods: Downtown/Old Montreal, South...
There is nothing like getting to capture one of your favorite cities and neighborhoods. This is why I was really thrilled to to get the opportunity to photograph Old Montreal for the Neighborhood watch section of the august issue of American Airlines inflight magazine: American Way.
In my opinion, this type of assignment summarizes what I love the most about photography: a mix of travel, portrait and architecture photography all at once. And even though I am familiar with that part of the city, it still allowed me to...
For this post, I thought I would take a break from architecture and interiors and share with you photos of one of my favorite assignment from 2017. Late September last year, I was contacted by REA photo agency on behalf of a french travel agency to create a series of photos for their website and brochures.
They insisted on the fact that they wanted the pictures to have a editorial/documentary feel and horizontal only format, which I was very comfortable with as I've had the opportunity...
One of the key aspects of editorial travel photography is the ability to organize yourself efficiently. When The New York Times contacted me to do a piece on "36 Hours in Ottawa" in the middle of winter, I spent a fair amount of time to organize my trip as efficiently as possible.
One of the first task was locating all the locations mentioned in the article, see how they were grouped and look up each one and figure out which ones would be the most interesting....
What I love about working with magazines is that they allow me to discover places I didn't know about and meet men and women I wouldn't have met otherwise. When Beer Advocate magazine contacted me for a new assignment, I was thrilled as it would allow me to discover a bit more how beer is done and how each brewery makes beer its own.
I love arriving early on assignments, it allows me to take in what I see around me. This time was no exception...
Life is full of coincidences and never ceases to amaze me. So I was not so surprised when I was asked to go to Las Vegas to shoot an august feature of Cara Magazine and go to the Sin City for the 5th summer in the row and for my second Las Vegas feature there (the first one was for Life & Style Magazine Mexico).
For this specific assignment, I was tasked to shoot locations in downtown Las Vegas (Mob Museum, Container Park, Fremont Street, various murals), on...
Travel assignments have always been my favorite, because they tend to bring me to places I've never been and connect with new people.
For this assignment, Cara Inflight magazine from Aer Lingus Airline asked me to discover different neighborhoods of Toronto such as Chinatown, Queen Street W, historical downtown and Little Italy/Ossington Street.
The challenge here was to convey a "summer"-like feeling to the picture when the temperature was still a bit cold and leaves had not yet appeared on the trees at the beginning of May.
Here is...
[caption id="attachment_2297" align="alignnone" width="946"] Lufthansa Magazin - April 2014 cover[/caption]
I love travelling and I love road trips. So when Lufthansa Magazin contacted me last year to shoot a cover story for them featuring a road trip from Montreal to Toronto, I was very enthusiastic. Shooting travel stories is always fun and exciting. What I love about these assignments is that it allows me to shoot different types of photography, ranging from cityscapes, editorial portrait, architecture, nature, road scenes and various details. It also allows me...
I love travelling and discovering new places and when the folks of Life & Style Magazine (males lifestyle magazine) in Mexico contacted me, I was thrilled to accept the opportunity to go to Las Vegas and explore the city and capture new locations and meet new people along the way.
For this specific assignment, 10 locations were on my list.
Pink's Hot Dogs At The Planet Holywood
Zia records Store
Neon Museum
James Turrel exposition at The Crystal Shops
Joël Robuchon Restaurant at The MGM Grand Hotel
L'Atelier par Joël Robuchon at The MGM Grand Hotel
Club Prive...